Word: counteracting
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These features would be worthwhile only under the presumption that the Soviets would do nothing to counteract a new threat to their land-based missiles, that the U.S. was interested in launching a first-strike against the Soviet Union, or that the Americans had given up all hope of negotiated arms ceilings. But these assumptions are not, or should not be, true. The facts show that the MX would be more costly than useful, would be dangerously destabilizing, and would present problems of verification that would severely hamper future efforts at arms control...
...surplus of grain that drastically reduced prices. In 1973 the Government was concerned about the increasing price of meat, and imposed ceilings. "Every time we begin to get a fair price for one of our products," says Yokum, "the Government steps in and puts a ceiling on it." To counteract the price controls, farmers kept their cattle off the market, thus building up another surplus that substantially cut beef prices. Now that farmers have finally sold off this surplus, complains Yokum, they are still faced with mounting cattle imports. Whatever they do, it seems to them that they cannot...
Guided by Burris C. Young, assistant dean of freshmen, and assisted by Carl J. Martignetti '81, Johnson coordinated this party to counteract his "disappointment in the Harvard social scene...
...loans to South Africa have helped the South African regime counteract the outflow of investment capital since last June. For this reason, pressured by public interest groups, several banks have agreed to make no new loans to South Africa. Manufacturers Hanover and Morgan Guaranty have also been under pressure. For example, in July the furriers union in New York withdrew over $10 million from Manufacturers Hanover because it continued lending to South Africa...
...some extent, the visit was part of a broad tactical maneuver by the Communist regime of János Kádár. On the brink of next month's talks on the Helsinki accord, Hungary is eager to brush up its image and counteract complaints about church restrictions from both Hungarian and U.S. Christians. In fact, Hungary probably has the most liberal church policy among Warsaw Pact countries. Sunday schools and youth retreats are permitted. Bibles, though expensive, are available. Even so, open evangelism and freedom of church publication in the Western sense are unknown. Evangelical Christians...